East Kilbride and Strathaven (UK Parliament constituency)
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East Kilbride and Strathaven | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | South Lanarkshire |
Major settlements | East Kilbride, Stonehouse, Strathaven |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | TBC (TBC) |
Seats | One |
Created from | East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow & Lanark and Hamilton East |
East Kilbride and Strathaven is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.[1] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it will first be contested at the 2024 general election.
Contents[edit]
The vast majority of the constituency comes from East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow.
The constituency will comprise the following wards of South Lanarkshire:[2]
- Avondale and Stonehouse, East Kilbride Central North, East Kilbride Central South, East Kilbride East, East Kilbride Central South and East Kilbride West from the East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow constituency.
- a section of Avondale and Stonehouse from the Lanark and Hamilton East constituency.
Election results[edit]
Elections in the 2020s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Joani Reid[3] | ||||
Scottish Family | David Richardson[4] | ||||
SNP | Grant Costello[5] | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
References[edit]
- ^ "28 June 2023 - 2023 Review Report laid before Parliament | The Boundary Commission for Scotland". www.bcomm-scotland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
- ^ "New Seat Details - East Kilbride and Strathaven". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
- ^ "Labour selections: Parliamentary candidates selected so far for the general election". 11 April 2024.
- ^ "Announcement Via X".
- ^ Lambrou, Andrea (2023-10-13). "SNP staffer Grant Costello to contest EK MP's seat at next general election". Daily Record. Retrieved 2023-10-13.